<DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p.spread {word-spacing:30px;}
p.tight {word-spacing:-0.5em;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="spread"> This is some text. This is some text.</p>
<p class="tight">This is some text.This is some text.</p>
</body>

</html>